Part 7
Ken struggled over the week to find his lost friend, he was aware that he knew Omi was starving. Hiro became more and more angry with the Weiss and their inability to locate him.
**
The changed Crawford saw on the young vampire was rather dramatic over the week. The boy would pace the room, the hungry thing horribly maimed even Farfarello, he sniffed the air and then would snarl if he smelled warm blood near him. "Little monster," Schuldich had whispered and shook his head. "Whatever you plan to do with it, I will have no part in it."
"Why not, don't you want the Weiss?" Crawford asked and smiled, as he reached out to the vampire who sniffed at him and made a small somewhat strange noise. "Yes, my little vampire, you will have your food soon." He patted the boy's head and chuckled. "Use one of their own to kill them."
"I was thinking more along the lines of face to face combat, not using Omi," Schuldich looked away.
"Hungry, you promised me," Omi growled pulling away from Crawford as he handed him a packet of the blood.
"Of course I promised you."
Leaving the cell, Crawford made sure that Omi wasn't to be fed for another few days, he wanted to see just how hungry a little vampire got. He wanted to see how ruthless one was when they wanted the blood.
Schuldich waited and watched from a corner he didn't want this, of course he wanted revenge, but something about this type was kind of stinking. He looked over at Farfarello who was looking as if he was a human pincushion. "Did the vampire do that?"
"He did, little beast can hurt God in the worst ways." This was the proudest moment in Farfarello's life, he looked like something out of a horror movie.
"Look, do you agree with what is going on?"
The insane man shrugged. "Not really."
"So we're in agreement." They walked off not sure how the heck they were going to get Omi out of the mansion much less how to deal with the fact that the vampire seemed to be attacking anyone that wasn't Crawford.
**
Aya was convinced that Crawford was holding Omi, he hadn't told his team yet, and he didn't need to. He could tell just by the way they seemed to be looking that they were in agreement. Of course how to find Schwarz was still in consideration, he thought to himself as he looked over and saw Hiro standing looking at him.
"It would be dangerous for you four to go to him. He may not even know who you are," Hiro shook his head sadly. "It happened to me, my father took me to an insane asylum and they starved me for a week, then I attacked him."
"It won't happen to Omi," Aya whispered he didn't want to believe that.
**
Omi shuddered in a corner his red eyes moving over the cell door as he saw it open. He saw the small figure of Nagi moving to where the little predator could see him putting a small dish on the table. He sniffed and smiled as he ran at Nagi pulling him to the ground. "Hungry," he whispered trying to get close enough only to be pushed away.
"Omi, naughty," Crawford walked in this time he was smiling. "You'll have a meal soon. In fact tonight, a nice meal for the little vampire."
He growled again this time pulling at his own hair in frustration. "I want it now! You said you would give, now give me my meal."
"And you will."
Crawford nodded as Nagi ran out of the room looking terrified. The older man stroked Omi's head as he heard the soft purring noise the vampire child gave. "You starve, I know. Tonight they will come and you will have what you most desire."
**
The phone was ringing when Ken came home from another search for Omi, he looked down at it and then sighed. "Hello," he answered and then felt something the nearly had his blood run cold.
"Hello, Ken-kun," it was Omi's voice.
"Omi, where are you? Its been at least a week, you must be starving," he was sputtering and then heard someone take the phone from him.
"Of course your little vampire is starving," Crawford's voice was soft and rather cool. "Meet us at the mansion near Osaka park at sunset. Then you will see your little vampire."
He heard the click and looked up as he quickly got his gear together, it was close to sunset already, he didn't have time to call the others. He left a message for Aya and Yohji on their cellphones, but he didn't tell them he was going to go alone.
**
Schuldich blinked as he heard the plan for the first time. "Listen you said only one of them is coming, your plan is failing."
"No, the process is just working, Omi will turn our friend into a vampire, those two will kill together, killing two birds with one stone. We just have to make sure that Omi can't regain his humanity."
The telepath turned his head and then scowled as he watched Crawford leave. "I hope he does, just to prove to you that this plan will fail."
"Even the best laid plans have flaws," Nagi whispered and nodded. "You don't agree with using Omi like this, do you?"
"Keep it to yourself, Nagi, we're going to wait until Crawford discovers Omi's devotion."
They turned when they heard the alarms going off. "Well.one little kitten has wandered into our mist. Show time."
**
Ken didn't know what do when he saw mansion, he knew his plan was get Omi out, though he wasn't sure if he could believe what he was about to do. He turned to hear the alarms and nearly hit himself. "Idoit," he growled to himself as he ran down the halls trying to find Omi.
He came to a basement room and looked in, that was when he found Farfarello's room, he didn't get attacked really, more or less picked up. He was struggling when he saw Schuldich. "Don't hurt him too much, we have a surprise for our guest," he laughed as he was dropped into a cell.
It was almost like a room filled with just one bed, a table, and a chair. He looked around and saw a figure curled into a ball in a corner, he saw a blond head and then he saw the eyes that nearly made him scared. He found his weapons had been removed and he was staring into the eyes of a vampire. "You smell familiar," the voice was small and somewhat childlike. "Hungry, so hungry."
"Omi, its me, Ken," he saw the boy's red eyes shimmering.
"I don't recall that name, Omi, why do you call me it?" the vampire hissed snarling somewhat as he came closer. "I am Michinimayou Mamoru."
"Your name is Tsukiyono Omi, we're friends," he tried to pull away as Omi came closer sniffing his neck.
"Warm blood, I smell it, I want it," he was about to bite when he looked up at Crawford. "For me?"
"Yes, for you, you can have him all you want," Crawford left the room, locking it behind him.
Ken felt the heat of Omi's mouth as the fangs went into his neck, he felt the pain and fell forward as Omi drank more and more. "Omi, please stop," he whimpered as he blacked out.
**
Yohji and Aya stared at the mansion, they weren't sure if it was the right spot, but the checked it out. Nothing really too surprising, they saw Schuldich and Farfarello standing by a room, they heard a scream. "It must be where Omi and Ken are."
**
Omi looked down at Ken who was limp in his arms, his eyes widened in terror. "What have I done? Oh.God, what have I done?"
He shook his friend trying to move closer, but his teeth were chattering as he shook more. "Omi, are you..there?" he looked at Ken who opened his eyes somewhat and started to tremble. "I want to go home. I feel so cold."
Going to the bed he pulled a blanket over Ken and was holding him close. "I'm sorry Ken-kun, I didn't mean to do it. I don't know what came over me. Please you can't leave me."
"I wasn't planning on it," Ken smiled up at him. "I was hoping we could go home. Please Omi, we have to. Aya and Yohji are worried sick about you."
He's delirious; Omi thought as he pulled the blanket tighter around his friend. "He's going to die," he heard a voice and looked up at Crawford. "You should do something about it."
"Like what?" Omi snarled at him. "Do you think I know how to make him like me? I was born this way."
"So naïve, it's imprinted in you, you know by instinct. Didn't your uncle ever tell you?" Crawford looked at him. "I know all about Hiro, I was your father's bodyguard after all, I knew he was a vampire." He turned and looked over his shoulder at him. "He'll be dead in an hour from blood loss. You made such mess, Omi."
Looking down at Ken, he felt his eyes staring to turn. "One hour, Ken-kun," he whimpered and heard a noise outside.
The cell door opened and he saw Yohji and Aya walking in. "Omi, what happened?" Yohji was saying as Aya brought out his katana holding it in front of the boy's face. "Aya, what are you doing?"
"You killed him!" Aya was about to hurl himself at Omi to kill him when he saw someone moving behind keeping him from moving.
Nagi moved to where he was seen. "Crawford starved him, Weiss. Killing him would do little good when he wasn't able to control his actions." He looked up and sighed as he released Aya from his hold. "If you want Omi to get out of here, follow me."
"Why are you helping?" Yohji gasped when he saw the boy's face.
The boy didn't answer until he reached an opening, he just pointed down the tunnel that led out of the mansion. "Just keep going, the only reason I'm helping is because it'll piss Crawford off and his prediction was wrong. He's pissed off already that he's alone on this one." The boy returned to the main part of the house and looked over his shoulder. "Good luck."
"What does he mean that Crawford is alone?" Omi asked when he finally saw the streetlights and smiled. "So nice to see those again."
**
Ken didn't recover as quickly as anyone liked; in fact he started to show strange signs of some change. Hiro had said that Ken was acting like a feeder; someone who was to feed a vampire and that Omi was to be his master. That upset Omi greatly, he didn't want to use Ken like that.
Doctors kept the team from seeing him until he was ready, he was breathing hard the first day he came in, he was given transfusions and it seemed it was like he was going to be ill forever. Omi stayed by his side every moment, in fact he didn't move from the room until Manx came to take him back to the flower shop. "He won't get better if you keep staying here," she told him and stared at him. "You've been by to see Hiro?"
"No, not for a few days," Omi blinked at her as he got into the car. "I don't want to see him anymore. Look what it got me, Ken in the hospital, I could have killed him."
"Even so, Omi, you should keep seeing him, he is after all your mother's brother."
**
Yohji sat down on the couch and looked over at Omi who was coming home finally after spending a few days in at the hospital seeing Ken. "He'll be fine, Omi," he smiled at him. "I'm sure he's glad you're home."
Omi just looked at him and moved closer to his room. "It is all my fault." He shut the door and leaned against the door. "My fault, I didn't even get the change to tell him that I." He heard a knock on his door.
"Omi, its time to feed," he heard Aya's voice. "I brought you something."
Opening the door he saw the packet of blood in Aya's hand and a glass. He took it and then sighed. "I hope Ken-kun gets well."
"He won't if you keep going on like this," Aya set the glass and packet down on a table.
"You're sounding like Manx and Uncle Hiro."
"Someone has to."
He sat down on the bed and waited until Aya was gone. He poured the blood into the glass and started to drink it slowly, he sighed again and looked around his room. It wasn't like the cell he was kept in at the Schwarz mansion.
Although he had been home for a week, he noticed the changes in him, sunlight bothered him greatly, he could eat normal food at all and he was utterly dependent on blood. He couldn't believe it now. So far he missed Ken worst than anything. I love you, Ken-kun, he thought wishing he could tell Ken in person how he felt, how he wanted to be with him.
**
A few days had passed since Omi came home; Hiro noticed that Omi quit moving about in the sunlight. He kept these things to himself; he didn't want to tell Manx how dangerous Omi had become. "You know what I am talking about, don't you?" he heard his nephew growl. "You know Ken-kun is dying because of me!"
He blinked at the boy who just sat there in front of him. "I don't want him to die. Can't I just turn him into what I am?"
"Omi, do you think that is what Ken wants?" Hiro asked looking at him.
"Anything is better than watching him die."
"You are being selfish."
**
Ken woke slowly staring up at the ceiling in his room, he wanted to Omi, he expected him to be at the door hugging him. "I'm sorry, Mr. Hidaka, but Mr. Tsukiyono won't be seeing you until tonight," a nurse whispered to him as he had a new package of blood being attached. "You sure go through these fast."
He lay back on his bed and sighed, looked around him and wished he were home. He saw people walking the halls, he sighed hearing odd noises from the hall. He turned and saw Yohji walking in putting some flowers by the window. "You're awake, hello," he chuckled. "Omi was so worried about you."
"How long have I been out?" He gasped looking at his friend who sat down next to him.
"You've been here two weeks," Yohji smiled again and then looked around. "Man, Omi's not left your side since we found him with you. What happened?"
"I met the vampire that was inside him. Crawford nurturing it, he wanted Omi to kill me. Now I just feel strange like something is in me too."
"Whatever it is, it makes the kid crazy about you. He won't leave here."
He nodded looking back at his wrist and then up at the blood. He realized for the first time in his life, he could smell it, he also realized he could hear Yohji's heart beat. "Yohji, I need to see Omi."
**
Hiro stared at Manx when she informed him of something. "You sure Omi did it? You sure? He's still too young!"
"Hiro, don't be fooling yourself, Omi maybe young, but he is deeply committed to his friends. He put some of his blood in Ken, now I don't know what it means," was the answer that Manx gave as he walked into hospital.
Omi was standing next to Ken and smiling putting his head on Ken's chest smiling. "Omi, you have really gone and done it. Why did you do it?"
"He was dying, I wanted him to stay with me," Omi was pulled to his feet as he was led out to Hiro's car.
"Omi, do you know how selfish you are sounding. Ken isn't going to take immortality so well. You didn't even bother to give him a choice in the matter."
Omi looked hurt and then stared at his uncle. "Why do you care? You were going to take me from my friends regardless what I said. I love Ken-kun."
"Does he love you back?"
Ken struggled over the week to find his lost friend, he was aware that he knew Omi was starving. Hiro became more and more angry with the Weiss and their inability to locate him.
**
The changed Crawford saw on the young vampire was rather dramatic over the week. The boy would pace the room, the hungry thing horribly maimed even Farfarello, he sniffed the air and then would snarl if he smelled warm blood near him. "Little monster," Schuldich had whispered and shook his head. "Whatever you plan to do with it, I will have no part in it."
"Why not, don't you want the Weiss?" Crawford asked and smiled, as he reached out to the vampire who sniffed at him and made a small somewhat strange noise. "Yes, my little vampire, you will have your food soon." He patted the boy's head and chuckled. "Use one of their own to kill them."
"I was thinking more along the lines of face to face combat, not using Omi," Schuldich looked away.
"Hungry, you promised me," Omi growled pulling away from Crawford as he handed him a packet of the blood.
"Of course I promised you."
Leaving the cell, Crawford made sure that Omi wasn't to be fed for another few days, he wanted to see just how hungry a little vampire got. He wanted to see how ruthless one was when they wanted the blood.
Schuldich waited and watched from a corner he didn't want this, of course he wanted revenge, but something about this type was kind of stinking. He looked over at Farfarello who was looking as if he was a human pincushion. "Did the vampire do that?"
"He did, little beast can hurt God in the worst ways." This was the proudest moment in Farfarello's life, he looked like something out of a horror movie.
"Look, do you agree with what is going on?"
The insane man shrugged. "Not really."
"So we're in agreement." They walked off not sure how the heck they were going to get Omi out of the mansion much less how to deal with the fact that the vampire seemed to be attacking anyone that wasn't Crawford.
**
Aya was convinced that Crawford was holding Omi, he hadn't told his team yet, and he didn't need to. He could tell just by the way they seemed to be looking that they were in agreement. Of course how to find Schwarz was still in consideration, he thought to himself as he looked over and saw Hiro standing looking at him.
"It would be dangerous for you four to go to him. He may not even know who you are," Hiro shook his head sadly. "It happened to me, my father took me to an insane asylum and they starved me for a week, then I attacked him."
"It won't happen to Omi," Aya whispered he didn't want to believe that.
**
Omi shuddered in a corner his red eyes moving over the cell door as he saw it open. He saw the small figure of Nagi moving to where the little predator could see him putting a small dish on the table. He sniffed and smiled as he ran at Nagi pulling him to the ground. "Hungry," he whispered trying to get close enough only to be pushed away.
"Omi, naughty," Crawford walked in this time he was smiling. "You'll have a meal soon. In fact tonight, a nice meal for the little vampire."
He growled again this time pulling at his own hair in frustration. "I want it now! You said you would give, now give me my meal."
"And you will."
Crawford nodded as Nagi ran out of the room looking terrified. The older man stroked Omi's head as he heard the soft purring noise the vampire child gave. "You starve, I know. Tonight they will come and you will have what you most desire."
**
The phone was ringing when Ken came home from another search for Omi, he looked down at it and then sighed. "Hello," he answered and then felt something the nearly had his blood run cold.
"Hello, Ken-kun," it was Omi's voice.
"Omi, where are you? Its been at least a week, you must be starving," he was sputtering and then heard someone take the phone from him.
"Of course your little vampire is starving," Crawford's voice was soft and rather cool. "Meet us at the mansion near Osaka park at sunset. Then you will see your little vampire."
He heard the click and looked up as he quickly got his gear together, it was close to sunset already, he didn't have time to call the others. He left a message for Aya and Yohji on their cellphones, but he didn't tell them he was going to go alone.
**
Schuldich blinked as he heard the plan for the first time. "Listen you said only one of them is coming, your plan is failing."
"No, the process is just working, Omi will turn our friend into a vampire, those two will kill together, killing two birds with one stone. We just have to make sure that Omi can't regain his humanity."
The telepath turned his head and then scowled as he watched Crawford leave. "I hope he does, just to prove to you that this plan will fail."
"Even the best laid plans have flaws," Nagi whispered and nodded. "You don't agree with using Omi like this, do you?"
"Keep it to yourself, Nagi, we're going to wait until Crawford discovers Omi's devotion."
They turned when they heard the alarms going off. "Well.one little kitten has wandered into our mist. Show time."
**
Ken didn't know what do when he saw mansion, he knew his plan was get Omi out, though he wasn't sure if he could believe what he was about to do. He turned to hear the alarms and nearly hit himself. "Idoit," he growled to himself as he ran down the halls trying to find Omi.
He came to a basement room and looked in, that was when he found Farfarello's room, he didn't get attacked really, more or less picked up. He was struggling when he saw Schuldich. "Don't hurt him too much, we have a surprise for our guest," he laughed as he was dropped into a cell.
It was almost like a room filled with just one bed, a table, and a chair. He looked around and saw a figure curled into a ball in a corner, he saw a blond head and then he saw the eyes that nearly made him scared. He found his weapons had been removed and he was staring into the eyes of a vampire. "You smell familiar," the voice was small and somewhat childlike. "Hungry, so hungry."
"Omi, its me, Ken," he saw the boy's red eyes shimmering.
"I don't recall that name, Omi, why do you call me it?" the vampire hissed snarling somewhat as he came closer. "I am Michinimayou Mamoru."
"Your name is Tsukiyono Omi, we're friends," he tried to pull away as Omi came closer sniffing his neck.
"Warm blood, I smell it, I want it," he was about to bite when he looked up at Crawford. "For me?"
"Yes, for you, you can have him all you want," Crawford left the room, locking it behind him.
Ken felt the heat of Omi's mouth as the fangs went into his neck, he felt the pain and fell forward as Omi drank more and more. "Omi, please stop," he whimpered as he blacked out.
**
Yohji and Aya stared at the mansion, they weren't sure if it was the right spot, but the checked it out. Nothing really too surprising, they saw Schuldich and Farfarello standing by a room, they heard a scream. "It must be where Omi and Ken are."
**
Omi looked down at Ken who was limp in his arms, his eyes widened in terror. "What have I done? Oh.God, what have I done?"
He shook his friend trying to move closer, but his teeth were chattering as he shook more. "Omi, are you..there?" he looked at Ken who opened his eyes somewhat and started to tremble. "I want to go home. I feel so cold."
Going to the bed he pulled a blanket over Ken and was holding him close. "I'm sorry Ken-kun, I didn't mean to do it. I don't know what came over me. Please you can't leave me."
"I wasn't planning on it," Ken smiled up at him. "I was hoping we could go home. Please Omi, we have to. Aya and Yohji are worried sick about you."
He's delirious; Omi thought as he pulled the blanket tighter around his friend. "He's going to die," he heard a voice and looked up at Crawford. "You should do something about it."
"Like what?" Omi snarled at him. "Do you think I know how to make him like me? I was born this way."
"So naïve, it's imprinted in you, you know by instinct. Didn't your uncle ever tell you?" Crawford looked at him. "I know all about Hiro, I was your father's bodyguard after all, I knew he was a vampire." He turned and looked over his shoulder at him. "He'll be dead in an hour from blood loss. You made such mess, Omi."
Looking down at Ken, he felt his eyes staring to turn. "One hour, Ken-kun," he whimpered and heard a noise outside.
The cell door opened and he saw Yohji and Aya walking in. "Omi, what happened?" Yohji was saying as Aya brought out his katana holding it in front of the boy's face. "Aya, what are you doing?"
"You killed him!" Aya was about to hurl himself at Omi to kill him when he saw someone moving behind keeping him from moving.
Nagi moved to where he was seen. "Crawford starved him, Weiss. Killing him would do little good when he wasn't able to control his actions." He looked up and sighed as he released Aya from his hold. "If you want Omi to get out of here, follow me."
"Why are you helping?" Yohji gasped when he saw the boy's face.
The boy didn't answer until he reached an opening, he just pointed down the tunnel that led out of the mansion. "Just keep going, the only reason I'm helping is because it'll piss Crawford off and his prediction was wrong. He's pissed off already that he's alone on this one." The boy returned to the main part of the house and looked over his shoulder. "Good luck."
"What does he mean that Crawford is alone?" Omi asked when he finally saw the streetlights and smiled. "So nice to see those again."
**
Ken didn't recover as quickly as anyone liked; in fact he started to show strange signs of some change. Hiro had said that Ken was acting like a feeder; someone who was to feed a vampire and that Omi was to be his master. That upset Omi greatly, he didn't want to use Ken like that.
Doctors kept the team from seeing him until he was ready, he was breathing hard the first day he came in, he was given transfusions and it seemed it was like he was going to be ill forever. Omi stayed by his side every moment, in fact he didn't move from the room until Manx came to take him back to the flower shop. "He won't get better if you keep staying here," she told him and stared at him. "You've been by to see Hiro?"
"No, not for a few days," Omi blinked at her as he got into the car. "I don't want to see him anymore. Look what it got me, Ken in the hospital, I could have killed him."
"Even so, Omi, you should keep seeing him, he is after all your mother's brother."
**
Yohji sat down on the couch and looked over at Omi who was coming home finally after spending a few days in at the hospital seeing Ken. "He'll be fine, Omi," he smiled at him. "I'm sure he's glad you're home."
Omi just looked at him and moved closer to his room. "It is all my fault." He shut the door and leaned against the door. "My fault, I didn't even get the change to tell him that I." He heard a knock on his door.
"Omi, its time to feed," he heard Aya's voice. "I brought you something."
Opening the door he saw the packet of blood in Aya's hand and a glass. He took it and then sighed. "I hope Ken-kun gets well."
"He won't if you keep going on like this," Aya set the glass and packet down on a table.
"You're sounding like Manx and Uncle Hiro."
"Someone has to."
He sat down on the bed and waited until Aya was gone. He poured the blood into the glass and started to drink it slowly, he sighed again and looked around his room. It wasn't like the cell he was kept in at the Schwarz mansion.
Although he had been home for a week, he noticed the changes in him, sunlight bothered him greatly, he could eat normal food at all and he was utterly dependent on blood. He couldn't believe it now. So far he missed Ken worst than anything. I love you, Ken-kun, he thought wishing he could tell Ken in person how he felt, how he wanted to be with him.
**
A few days had passed since Omi came home; Hiro noticed that Omi quit moving about in the sunlight. He kept these things to himself; he didn't want to tell Manx how dangerous Omi had become. "You know what I am talking about, don't you?" he heard his nephew growl. "You know Ken-kun is dying because of me!"
He blinked at the boy who just sat there in front of him. "I don't want him to die. Can't I just turn him into what I am?"
"Omi, do you think that is what Ken wants?" Hiro asked looking at him.
"Anything is better than watching him die."
"You are being selfish."
**
Ken woke slowly staring up at the ceiling in his room, he wanted to Omi, he expected him to be at the door hugging him. "I'm sorry, Mr. Hidaka, but Mr. Tsukiyono won't be seeing you until tonight," a nurse whispered to him as he had a new package of blood being attached. "You sure go through these fast."
He lay back on his bed and sighed, looked around him and wished he were home. He saw people walking the halls, he sighed hearing odd noises from the hall. He turned and saw Yohji walking in putting some flowers by the window. "You're awake, hello," he chuckled. "Omi was so worried about you."
"How long have I been out?" He gasped looking at his friend who sat down next to him.
"You've been here two weeks," Yohji smiled again and then looked around. "Man, Omi's not left your side since we found him with you. What happened?"
"I met the vampire that was inside him. Crawford nurturing it, he wanted Omi to kill me. Now I just feel strange like something is in me too."
"Whatever it is, it makes the kid crazy about you. He won't leave here."
He nodded looking back at his wrist and then up at the blood. He realized for the first time in his life, he could smell it, he also realized he could hear Yohji's heart beat. "Yohji, I need to see Omi."
**
Hiro stared at Manx when she informed him of something. "You sure Omi did it? You sure? He's still too young!"
"Hiro, don't be fooling yourself, Omi maybe young, but he is deeply committed to his friends. He put some of his blood in Ken, now I don't know what it means," was the answer that Manx gave as he walked into hospital.
Omi was standing next to Ken and smiling putting his head on Ken's chest smiling. "Omi, you have really gone and done it. Why did you do it?"
"He was dying, I wanted him to stay with me," Omi was pulled to his feet as he was led out to Hiro's car.
"Omi, do you know how selfish you are sounding. Ken isn't going to take immortality so well. You didn't even bother to give him a choice in the matter."
Omi looked hurt and then stared at his uncle. "Why do you care? You were going to take me from my friends regardless what I said. I love Ken-kun."
"Does he love you back?"
